Joseph Kramer, Camp Commandant at Belsen, and 44 other SS officers were put on trial at Lüneburg, Germany for mass murders at Belsen and Auschwitz. Kramer and 10 others were sentenced to hang, while others received prison sentences. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

The Makurazaki Typhoon hit Japan, killing more than 2,000 people and flooding large areas. Flood waters brought radiation-free topsoil and sand to the devastated cities destroyed by the American atom bomb attacks. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

Korea

US Army took control of the Japanese Army base in Busan (Pusan), Korea and soon renamed it Camp Hialeah. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."

General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944

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